Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Varanasi Court Issues Notice For Carbon Dating ‘Shivling’

Lucknow: A notice has been issued to the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee by the Varanasi district court on Thursday after Hindu plaintiffs sought carbon dating of an oval object that they claim is a shivling in the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

On September 12, the court had dismissed an application filed by the committee, which is the caretaker of the mosque, challenging the maintainability of a suit filed by five Hindu women seeking the right to worship Hindu deities within the premises all year round.

The Allahabad High Court on September 12 fixed 28 September as the next date of hearing in a case pertaining to a petition filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid of Varanasi challenging the maintainability of an original suit filed in 1991 in the Varanasi district court.

The original suit has sought the restoration of the ancient Kashi Vishwanath temple at the site where the Gyanvapi mosque currently stands. The petitioners claimed in the suit that the mosque is a part of the temple.

Earlier this year in April, based on the petition filed in August 2021, the Varanasi court appointed an advocate commissioner and also ordered a videography survey of the complex.

The decision was again challenged by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee in the Allahabad High court. But this time, Allahabad High Court upheld the order. Later, the party also filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court.

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